Intel® Core™ i3-8100 Processor (6M Cache, 3.60 GHz)
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12/25/2018
SummaryWe hope that this article has helped you find the right CPU for your gaming PC. As you can see, it doesn't really matter what your budget is because great gaming CPUs are available within any budget. If you consider yourself to be a casual gamer, a budget...
Link to full reviewConsCan't be overclocked and lacks HyperThreading, Conclusion
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10/29/2018
SummaryThis is a CPU that sits near the bottom of most of our charts. It is also a CPU that is only $117, or less than most motherboards, sticks of ECC memory, network cards, drives, and even the chassis one would use with the CPU for a server. There are cases w...
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03/14/2018
SummaryIntroThe Core i3-8100 is a quad-core CPU with four threads and 3.6 GHz clock, being one of the entry models from the eighth-gen Core i CPUs from Intel. Let's check how fast is it.The new eighth generation of Core i7 CPUs from Intel, codename Coffee Lake...
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01/16/2018
SummaryIntel's Core i3-8100 offers four physical cores for a mere ~$120, which is a tremendous value compared to the previous generation Intel models. We'll be even more impressed when reasonably priced B350 motherboards come to market. $128.59...
Link to full reviewProsFour physical cores, Good mix of gaming and application performance, Low price, Capable stock cooler
ConsLocked multiplier, No Bseries motherboards (yet), No HyperThreading
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10/09/2017
SummaryAlthough it's essentially a 7700K with two additional cores and some extra L3 cache, Intel's Coffee Lake-based Core i7-8700K proved to be enough of an advancement over its Kaby Lake predecessor for us to crown it the new gaming king a few days ago.Nonet...
Link to full reviewProsThe Core i38350K overclocks well and does great on gaming loads
ConsRespective to the rest of the lineup and Ryzen competition, the 8350K is almost off in no man's land, We'd rather pay a little bit more for a much better i58400. Intel's platform is expensive (for now) and the 8350K exacerbates the issue with no box coo...
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10/06/2017
SummaryIf you are on a tight budget and haven't upgraded your CPU in a few generations, the Core i3 8100 is a very competent offering at around $120 USD. This 3.6GHz quad-core CPU performed very well in our tests: almost always faster than the Ryzen 3 1300X, gen...
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